Re: [pronut-hiv] Supplementation for moderately malnourished HIV-infected children (4)

["George Carter" <fiar@verizon.net>]

Geoffrey - wow!! The dreadful thing to many outside Africa is the  
notion that Plumpynut sounds like the better than abject starvation  
so many face--but you are absolutely correct. And a high fat  
intervention for people with HIV can be problematic with all the  
attendant gut problems (let alone high sugar feeding candida).

Which brings me back to the notion of a fortified whey protein (or  
some such protein source). What I think we know is needed is high  
protein and micronutrient repletion. At least from a nutritional  
standpoint - let alone the need for things like gardens, fresh  
vegetables, reinvigoration of older farming techniques that use  
forests and don't burn them for corn for diesel.

We need a lot in this world but we're not going to ever get it in  
Africa. What do African kids want? What do their (still living)  
parents and guardians need?

I think Plumpynut does remain a bit better than nothing. Hey--in the West you can make garbage like that and sell it for an outrageous price--you don't get  shot. You get rewarded!

George M. Carter